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MAGHINE FOR DYEING FABRIGS.

Patented Oct; 4, 1887.

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MACHINE FOR DYBING FABRICS. No. 370,856. Patented 001;. 4, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

oEsAE CORRON, OF ST. ETIENNE, LOIRE, FRANCE.

MACHINE FOR DYEING FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,856, dated October4-, 1887.

Application filed May 31, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CEsAR CORRON, a citizen of the French Republic, anda resident of St. Etienne, Loire, France, haveinvented certainImprovements in Machines for Dyeing Fabrics, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a machine for dyeinglengths of fabric ormaterial-such as cloth or yarn+-and especially where it is desirable tokeep an endless strip of fabric moving continuously for-a time throughthe liquid in the dyeing-bath. The characteristic feature of mymachineisadeliverydrumor cylinder mounted to rotate continuously in onedirection in a carriage, and said carriage arranged to move to and froon a way above the dyeing-bath, whereby the fabric which passes over thedelivery-drum is laid in the bath in a pile with regular folds. When thestrip of fabric or the yarn is endless, the drum takes the fabric oryarn from the bottom of the pile and de posits it on the top again, thuspassing it for any length of time required through the dyeing liquid orbath and at the same time keeping it slightly strained or distended.

My invention will be hereinafter fully described, and its novel featurescarefully defined in the claims.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is avertical longitudinal section on line 1 1 in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a frontend elevation, and Fig. 3 is a plan. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views on ascale about three times that of the principal views.

Let A represent a tank or vessel of any kind to contain the dyeing-bath,and B a suitable frame to support the mechanism over it.

D is a stretching or distending drum in the tank.

O O are guide-rollers for the fabric, also mounted in the tank; and E Eare slats in the tank, which form a platform to receive the fabric .2:and shields about the pile of fabric.

On the frame B is mounted a delivery cylinder or drum, H, said cylinderhaving bearings in two like carriages, L L, mounted to slide in ways LL. This drum is rotated on its axis, and its carriages are caused tomove to and fro on their ways by mechanism I will now describe.

N is a driving-shaft, mounted in suitable :frame, is a likesprocket-wheel, 0.

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bearings on the frame and driven either by hand or through the medium ofthe usual tight and loose pulleys, N. On this shaft is a screw or worm,k, which drives a longitudinally-arranged shaft, K, through the mediumof a worm-wheel, K. In Fig. 2 I have designated this worm-wheel K bydotted lines only, to avoid obscuring the parts beyond it. This shaft Kis square or has a spline, and on it slides a worm or screw, k. (Seenbestin Fig. 5, which is a side view of a part of the side of the machineopposite to that seen in Fig. 1.) This worm 7c is collared between orembraced by two projecting lugs, Z Z, on the outer face of one of thecarriages L, and is thus compelled to move along its shaft as saidcarriage moves. Worm 7c meshes with a worm-wheel, h, on the axis of drumH, and thus imparts rotary motion to said drum.

On the main shaft N is a pinion, n, which meshes with and drives aspur-wheel, M, on a shaft, m. On shaft m is a sprocket-wheel, 0, and ona shaft, m, at the other end of the 4 A chain, J, is mounted on thesewheels 0 o. On one of the links of chain J is a stud, j, (seen best inFig. 4,) and this stud finds a bearing in a vertical slot or way in thecarriage L. The sectional View, Fig. 4, shows chain J in plan and theblock 1" and carriage L in horizontal section. As chain J moves, itcarries carriage L along with it, the block moving down in its slot asthe linkof chain J, carrying stud j. passes down around sprocket wheel0. Thus the continuous motion of chain J imparts a to-and-fro motion tocarriage L. I have de scribed only the mechanism for moving one of thecarriages L; but as these carriages cannot conveniently be connectedrigidly together, I find it convenient to employ duplicate mechanismssuch as described, one on each side of the machine, as shown in Figs. 2and 3.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Along strip of fabric ormaterial, 00, to be dyed is passed around the several drums and rollersC D H, and its ends joined together temporarily, as by stitches. Themachine is then set in motion and the drum H revolves and moves to andfro, laying the fabric in folds, as indicated in Fig. 1, and piling iton the platform of slats E. When the slack of the fabric has all beentaken up and piled, the adhesion of the fabric to drum H will cause thelatter to draw out the fabric from the bottom of the pile, and this willstrain the fabric taut between the pile and drum D, and also hold tautthat portion of fabric extending between the rollers O O in the bath.This will keep. the fabric free from creases or wrinkles, and permitsthe dye to act 011 it uniformly. The movement of the. fabric may bemaintained for any length of time. Then it is desired to remove it, theseam joining the ends is brought to a position between drum H and thepile of fabric and the seam ripped. A board or platform is now laidacross the top of the tank A, under drum H. The machine is then set inmotion and the drum lays the fabric neatly in a pile on said board orplatform.

Light fabrics which do not require to be run through the bathcontinuously may be laid by the machine without joining the ends of thestrip. A number of short strips of fabric or material may be joinedtogether and passed through the bath. Where the ends of the strip offabric are not joined together, the fabric will not, of course, bepassed around drum D and rollers 0.

My machine has the advantages that any one with very little skill indyeing may operate the machine, and the punching and stirring of thefabric with sticks are avoided. This is liable to injure the goods andto produce creases or wrinkles, which in turn are liable to produceuneven tints.

Any number of my machines may he run from one shalt.

I have shown a convenient mechanism for rotating the drum H and givingit the proper -to-and-fro motion; but I do not wish to limit myself tothis particular mechanism. Any known mechanical equivalent of it may beemployed.

The carriages L might be mounted on wheels running on tracks, ifpreferred, and the carriages L L may be connected over the top of drum Hto form one.

In my patent, No. 363,949, dated May 31, 1887, I show a machine with areciprocating carriage for dyeing hanksor skeins of yarn, &c.; but thatmachine employed no drum extending across the machine over thedyeingbath, and it was not adapted for dyeing long strips of wovenfabric by passing it continuously through the bath, nor for laying sucha fabric in a pile. I do not herein claim what was shown in my formerpatent.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-' 1. In a machine for dyeingfabrics or other materials, the combination, with a tank for thedyeing-bath, of a carriage mounted on tracks or ways over said tank,said tracks or ways, a delivery-drum rotativcly mounted in said carriageand,extending across and over said tank, and mechanism for rotating saiddrum and imparting to said carriage a to-andfro motion simultaneously,substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine for dyeing fabrics or other materials, thecombination,with a tank for the dyeing-bath, provided with a platform toreceive the fabric, a drum, D, and guide-rollers G C, of a carriagemounted on tracks or ways over said tank, said tracks or ways, adelivcry-drum, H, rotatively mounted in said carriage and extendingacross and over said tank, mechanism for rotating said drum, andmechanism for imparting a toand-fro motion to said carriage,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the verticallyslotted carriage L and its trackor way, of the block 1, mounted in the slot in said carriage, thesprocket-wheels o 0, the chain J, provided with a stud, j, engaging anaperture in block 9', the drum H, mounted in said carriage, andmechanism for driving said sprocket-wheels, substantially as set forth.

4.. The combination, with the carriage and drum mounted therein and thetracks or ways, of the shaft K, the worm 70, mounted to slidelongitudinally but not rotate thereon and embraced by lugs Z on saidcarriage, the wormwheel h on the drum-axis, said wheel meshing with wormis, mechanism for rotating said shaft K, and mechanism, substantially asdescribed, for moving said carriage on its ways.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

- CESAR GORRON.

Witnesses:

IsIDoR BREUVOIR, AMAND BITTER.

